Like anyone who’s been covering what’s become, as the party line goes, “the closest Best Picture race in recent memory,” I’ve gone through many mental rewrites of this top-prize breakdown.
This upcoming Sunday, the collective nightmare known as awards season will be effectively over.
It’s a good thing the Best Director category didn’t go the way of Best Picture to accommodate more nominees, because this year’s campaign has only ever been a three-man race even in its most competitive stages.
If this year’s Best Actor race is all about which nominee brandishes the most compelling story, then Christian Bale faces some mighty long odds.
To shove the elephant out of the room right off the bat, two actually relevant things are working against Woody Allen’s chances for a win here.
As was recently reported by the hive of Oscarologists over at Gold Derby, American Hustle has history on its side when it comes to the acting races.
We come to it at last.
The most pleasant surprise of this awards season has been the widespread embrace of Her.
Sadly, unlike Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler, we can’t all get what we hope for.
So who else gets screwed?
A buzzworthy turn overshadowing a movie’s failings is a trend this Oscar season.
There’s homage, and then there’s the new poster for Alexander Payne’s Nebraska.
The men in Alexander Payne’s movies are on a constant journey.